Correos de Chile, also known as CorreosChile (''ChilePost'' —not to be confused with the private mail and courier company ChilePost), is a Chilean

state-owned State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ...

and autonomous enterprise dedicated to the mailing, money transfers, and national/international

courier A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are ...

services, and fulfilling the functions of Universal Postal Service. It can trace its history back to the establishment of the first postal service in 1747, in the

Captaincy General of Chile The General Captaincy of Chile (''Capitanía General de Chile'' ), Governorate of Chile, or Kingdom of Chile, was a territory of the Spanish Empire from 1541 to 1818 that was, initially, part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. It comprised most of mod ...

.260 años del correo en Chile
, by Alfonso Calderón, Correos de Chile, October 2007, access date February 15th, 2010 The current state-owned enterprise was created by the ''DFL N° 10, December 24 of 1981'', dissolving the previous SOE Servicio de Correos y Telégrafos (), separating mailing and

Telex Telex is a telecommunication Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communica ...

services, founding Telex-Chile (that was extinguished as a service following the rise of the internet, but still exists legally as enterprise, providing other telecommunications services). It is administratively under the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications.

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Sitio oficial de Correos de Chile

''Sociedad Filatélica de Chile'' - Philately Society of Chile

''ChileCollector''

''FilateliaChile'' Philately Chile

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

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